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Joining the Universe

LectureLive EventMIT — The Worlds of Philip Morrison Symposium/ Philip Morrison's 70th Birthday Symposium (Day 2)27 September 1986Cambridge, MA — Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCarl SaganSpeakerPhilip MorrisonOther#harvard#biology#nasa
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Sagan's hour-long keynote tribute lecture at the Worlds of Philip Morrison Symposium (Day 2), surveying the Copernican perspective and Morrison's contributions to physics and SETI.

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Why We Should Go to Mars

LectureLive EventAmerican Astronomical Society / Library of Congress (Sagan Archive)29 October 1988Austin, TX — American Astronomical Society meetingCarl SaganSpeaker#unitedstates#war#nasa

Sagan's lecture at the American Astronomical Society Austin meeting, arguing a joint US-Soviet Mars mission could help avert global conflict; touches on H.G. Wells, Percival Lowell, and science fiction's framing of Mars.

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Eternal Light Peace Memorial — 50th Rededication

SpeechLive EventGettysburg Peace Celebration / National Park Service/ 125th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg / 50th rededication of the Memorial3 July 1988Gettysburg, PA — Gettysburg National Military ParkCarl SaganSpeakerAnn DruyanAuthor#japan#unitedstates#peace
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Speech at the 50th rededication of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, on the escalation of weaponry from Gettysburg to nuclear arsenals and the case for reconciliation.

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Is There Intelligent Life on Earth?

LectureLive EventStanford University / Annual Bunyan Lecture/ 11th Annual Bunyan Lecture24 April 1993Stanford, CA — Stanford UniversityCarl SaganSpeaker#evolution#religion#television
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Stanford's 1993 Bunyan Lecture — a witty examination of human civilization viewed from a cosmic perspective.

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Comets and the Origin of Life

LectureLive EventIMSA / James R. Thompson Leadership Lectures/ Inaugural James R. Thompson Leadership Lecture2 October 1991Aurora, IL — Illinois Mathematics and Science AcademyCarl SaganSpeaker#evolution#education#darwin
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The inaugural Thompson Leadership Lecture at IMSA — Sagan on comets and the origin of life, calling the academy 'a gift from the people of Illinois to the human future.'

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